World
Working-class internationalism: Italian dock workers block Saudi weapons ship
May 21, 2019Genoa has a long history of solidarity. It was the first to block U.S. ships headed to Vietnam, and dock workers here refused to allow war equipment to disembark for the 1973 Chile coup.
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Ebola confirmed in a city of more than 1 million in Congo
May 20, 2019The global health community gulped Thursday with the announcement that a case of Ebola had been confirmed in a city of more than 1 million.
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UK’s Prime Minister Theresa May on her way out
May 17, 2019May might be leaving, but it doesn’t mean she’ll exit quietly. In fact, her plan is to set up one final showdown—fourth time’s a charm, right?
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Love wins in Taiwan: First in Asia to recognize LGBTQ marriage equality
May 17, 2019With just days to go before a court-ordered deadline, lawmakers in Taipei passed landmark legislation recognizing same-sex unions.
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Iranian Communists rally progressive forces to prevent war
May 16, 2019The Tudeh Party noted a “worrying rise of tensions between the racist, pseudo-fascist, and reactionary Trump administration and the regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran."
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